Daugherty, James M. (James Monroe), 1850-1942

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James M. Daugherty (1850-1942) attended McKenzie College near Clarksville from 1861-1864. He joined the Confederate Sates of America Army at the age of fourteen as an express rider delivering dispatches for General Samuel Cooper’s brigade. Following the Civil War, Daugherty relocated to San Antonio to work as cowboy for cattle-raiser James Adams. In 1866, Adams allowed Daugherty to drive 500 head of cattle to a new market opening in Missouri. The drive, which came at the beginning of the long-drive open-cattle business, started in Denton, Texas. The drive resulted in the loss of 150 cattle and nearly took Daugherty’s life, but was considered to be a success.

From 1867 to 1873, Daugherty led a series of cattle drives into Indian Territory on behalf of the government in order to provide the Indians with fresh meat. In 1872, Daugherty acquired a ranch near Trinidad, Colorado, and then later started another ranch in Stonewall County, Texas, on the South Fork of the Brazos River, establishing his home in Abilene while continuing in the cattle business.

In 1875, Daugherty married Sara Elizabeth (Bettie) Middleton, the daughter of a pioneer cattleman, with whom he had five children. He was active in local civic affairs in Abilene for several years before moving to an area of El Paso County that would later become Culberson County. Here, he started the Figure 2 Ranch, the Black Mountain Cattle Company, and the community of Daugherty. He organized Culberson County, served as an early county commissioner, organized two local banks and joined the newly formed Cattle Raisers Association of Texas (now the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association). He was also a charter member of the Trail Drivers Association.

Source:

Blank, Deborah. “Daugherty, James Monroe.” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed July 7, 2010. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/DD/fda20.html.

From the guide to the Daugherty, James Monroe, Papers 66-125., (1863-1905) 1933, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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Catoosa (Okla.)
Culberson County (Tex.)
Mexico
San Antonio (Tex.)
Van Horn (Tex.)
Taylor county (Tex.)
Abilene (Tex.)
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Cattle
Cattle industry
Indian reservations
Indian reservations
Ranches
Ranching
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Birth 1850-02-27

Death 1942-03-02

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